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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 19 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
Very nice capture and composition. I like the position in the frame and the look in his eye. Very good detail throughout. I understand this was taken probably with an overcast sky, but I think I would brighten it up a bit. All a matter of taste, but you might consider it. |
Mar 9th |
| 19 |
Mar 18 |
Reply |
Taking pictures a bit earlier in the evening generally provides some dark blues and perhaps some detail in the sky. This was taken after that was over. Frankly I like black skies and often drive them to black in my monochrome conversions. A "blue but boring" sky becomes a black sky in many of my conversions and I feel it looks great in monochrome. If it has some clouds that is a different matter. |
Mar 9th |
| 19 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
A bit of fun resulting in an image to be proud of. I like the composition and the tones that clearly give it the metallic feel it should have. The detail is good with the feathers in the wings providing nice detail and lines. |
Mar 9th |
| 19 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
You have created a very interesting composition. The lights in the background are great. The bunny has some blown out spots, I don't know if they can be recovered a bit. If you shot in RAW perhaps yes. You probably needed limited depth of field to get the background you wanted, but perhaps trying to keep the eggs closer to the same plane as the bunny would keep them sharp. You could also experiment with changing the focus to be just in front of the bunny. This is an image to be proud of and a little playing with the setup for shooting it, or the processing of it is well worth while. |
Mar 9th |
| 19 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
You did well in a difficult situation. It feels to me like the white balance might be a little off. There is something about it that doesn't feel right to me. Perhaps it is the result of the HDR processing. Perhaps changing WB and also trying to bring up the green better in the limited vegetation might help. My first medal was won on an image that just didn't have the color I wanted so I converted to monochrome. This just might look great in monochrome. I am not sure of the natural topography but it just might be tipped a little clockwise. You might try a very small rotate. |
Mar 9th |
4 comments - 1 reply for Group 19
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| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Reply |
I understand where you are coming from. I cropped a little more just before I posted this to get rid of the last bit of construction material. That made the impression you have which is valid. I don't want to go any further because I love the detail in the statue which would be lost. I only wish I could go back to Dresden when many of the best spots are not under construction. Beautiful place. |
Mar 14th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
What I really meant by my comment is that I would prefer the sepia be a lighter tone. Yes, in most situations you want the histogram to just touch the white side and the black side. In this case the logos on the planes have white in the sun and that should be white. I would set the white point to allow them to be blown. I would not want highlights on the planes skin to blow on the white side. Most photographers are willing to have a little more black. I might set the black point to allow a little black in the shadows under the planes and perhaps the props. Many would not want any black. I consider it is a matter of taste. You can easily see how you are doing by pulling the black and white point sliders in Lightroom while you hold down the alt key. You can do the same thing in curves in photoshop pulling the triangle under the curve on either end. |
Mar 10th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
What I really meant by my comment is that I would prefer the sepia be a lighter tone. Yes, in most situations you want the histogram to just touch the white side and the black side. In this case the logos on the planes have white in the sun and that should be white. I would set the white point to allow them to be blown. I would not want highlights on the plans skin to blow on the white side. Most photographers are willing to have a little more black. I might set the black point to allow a little black in the shadows under the planes and perhaps the props. Many would not want any black. I consider it is a matter of taste. You can easily see how you are doing by pulling the black and white point sliders in Lightroom while you hold down the alt key. You can do the same thing in curves in photoshop pulling the triangle under the curve on either end. |
Mar 10th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
I was thinking, I hope they didn't burn holes in the umbrella. I had a boat lift cover with holes from fireworks at one time. Not mine, I bought it used. As I think of it, I definitely think you should eliminate the rectangle of light under the umbrella, probably a window. I don't think you can crop the umbrella out, but you might want to darken it. Even at 1/3 sec the spectators in the middle are sharp enough. They form a much needed base for the image. |
Mar 9th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
It is hard to judge distances between the planes, but at a 420mm even on a micro 4/3 at f/8 there might not be enough depth of field for all the planes. Frankly, this didn't bother me. I hadn't noticed before I read the comment. If it bothers, a crop to the other three planes is also a very nice image. The sepia is a bit dark for what I would normally do, but then I hardly ever use a tone. Your 1/500 sec just about stopped the propellors, but there is enough motion shown to make it work. Nice image. |
Mar 9th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
This is an image with a lot of "grain", particularly in the lighter top of the image. While I usually try to not have it, I like it in this image. I agree, I don't like the halo around the elephant and riders. Often this is very easy to fix with the clone tool set to "darken" and clone the sky into this area.
Sounds like I need to do something similar with my image this month. |
Mar 9th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
Seems like a good tonal range with all picture elements well defined. I like the highlights on the elements in the bottom 2/3 of the image and you might consider a crop from the top to concentrate more on that part of the image. |
Mar 9th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
You have accomplished a metallic look on the tanks and a nice gritty look on the rest of the machine. This is all very appealing. Good tonal range and great contrast between various picture elements. Well done. You might consider darkening that pipe or whatever on the left that curves out of the image. It seems to pull me over to the edge. |
Mar 9th |
| 64 |
Mar 18 |
Comment |
It is hard to compare with the different sizes of the images, but I think you have a very good mono. White is a perfectly legitimate color in Black and White and what might be blow out in color is white in mono. I think the white makes a great high contrast background for the stamen and stigma of the flower. I suspect the textures and detail of the stamen and stigma are more prominent in the mono version. These details are perfectly positioned in the composition. You seem to have the full range of tones with some black or near black in the lower left and more white than typical, but I think it is a good part of the image. |
Mar 8th |
8 comments - 1 reply for Group 64
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12 comments - 2 replies Total
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